Small is powerful

If you’re grid-connected, a small wind turbine will reduce your electricity bill 50 to 90%… Small wind turbines are silent and easy to set up.

A small turbine should be placed at an unobstructed site, for optimum efficiency — a rooftop is fine, small turbines don’t need towers.

A turbine producing about 800 watt power should be enough for a standard home, but if you’re going to rely solely on wind power, carefully estimate how much power you’ll need. Check whether you need a planning permission with your local council, in some places you might also get a tax incentive or a rebate from your local authority.

Windstream Power have a wide range of small wind turbines like the Windstream Basic, ‘one of the most field proven small wind turbine’. It is designed to charge 12 or 24 batteries, rated power 120 watt.Price $497

Hornet wind turbines get good reviews – they’re small, unobtrusive and silent, and even withstood hurricanes. Designed to charge batteries from 6 to 48 V, they produce a 800 watt power.
Price $449.95, order from Hydrogen Appliances.

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